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Poem: “A Little Girl’s Smile”
A little girl, with a smiling face and tattered clothes on her. Bare-footed, she walks slowly on the carpeted road. Watching around luxury vehicles loaded with the aristocracy, Lost in their own...January 1, 2021 1025 0 -
Poem of the week: “What is it that I seek?”
A force of such might it sets me free A light so bright it blinds me I heard it in the voice of the nightingale I know it was in the hearts of the wise I...December 5, 2020 1463 1 -
Poem: December is back
December is back back with its grey skies, and glacial cold. An old man holding a mug sips hot coffee, lost in thoughts. Dreaming of the olden days, the charming ways. Once he...November 27, 2020 1129 0 -
An enquiry into Nietzsche’s concept of Superman and Iqbal’s illustration of Perfect Man
When Friedrich Nietzsche ran to stop the brutal owner of a horse from thrashing it mercilessly in Turin, Italy, and threw his arms around the animal crying, “I understand your pain,” it gave us an extraordinary insight...November 9, 2020 5839 0 -
POEM – A butterfly’s tweets
Butterfly! A colorful moth, moving around flowers, laying out its shades, here and there, everywhere. Singing and twittering, tweets of joy, tweets of love, leaving a message – Life is too short, Just a...October 10, 2020 805 0 -
First Love – A poem on connection with Cambridge University
First Love It was love at first sight —and it was true with the breathless passion that the years could not dim and like a faithful lover I have returned again and again Half a century...October 3, 2020 2792 1 -
Poem: I want to hold a moment
I want to hold a moment – a moment filled with life, where there is a glee a spiritual joy, a happy soul. I want to hold a moment – a moment of my childhood,...September 20, 2020 995 0 -
Love to Live
I saw a bird Flying out of its cage Into the air Full of joy Enjoying its life Spreading a message By its freedom flight Life is love Love of the soul And the soul an...September 3, 2020 670 0 -
Iqbal interpreted and conveyed the message of Karbala in uniquely profound ways – Scholars
Gopi Chand Narang, a leading scholar of Urdu language and literature, has said Allama Iqbal stands unique in his profound expression of the message of Karbala, where Hazrat Imam Hussain and his family offered a sublime...August 28, 2020 2193 0 -
Poem: Where will you look for love?
Where will you look for love? You will find it in a stream When the water is quiet and calm You will see it In the showers of rain You will realize it In the clear blue...July 27, 2020 843 0